A Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) case has led to a 30-year prison sentence for a White City man.
The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Justin Atto, 32, of White City, pled guilty to Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree, Sodomy in the First Degree, and three counts of Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct.
For these crimes, Atto was sentenced to 370 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections, to be followed by lifetime post-prison supervision. His prison sentence is pursuant to Measure 11 and will be served day-for-day. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender as part of this sentence.
The investigation in this case began when law enforcement received a Cyber Tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that an image containing sexually explicit material involving a juvenile had been uploaded.
SOCET detectives were able to identify Atto as the individual that had uploaded the image. When Southern Oregon High Tech Crimes Task Force detectives later searched electronics in the suspect’s possession, they found additional images, including images depicting Atto sexually abusing a child.
SOCET is a joint inter-agency task force that started in June of 2020 to combat child exploitation.
